NGT: Explain how STP allowed in Ridge area
National Green Tribunal
(NGT) has directed the
Delhi Jal Board
(DJB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to explain how a decentralised sewage treatment plant (DSTP) was allowed to operate within Smriti Van, part of the ecologically sensitive south-central Ridge.
The tribunal ordered this considering a report by the DPCC, which stated that a showcause notice was issued to the DJB for Rs 10 lakh for failing to maintain a DSTP, leading to the contamination of Macchli Ka Talab, a water body in Vasant Kunj's Smriti Van.
"We have also found that the DSTP has been set up inside the park, i.e., Smriti Van. The applicant also submits that it has been set up inside the ridge area," said the bench, headed by NGT chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, in an order dated Aug 6.
"The question arises as to how the consent to establish (CTE) for setting up a DSTP in a park or ridge area was given. DJB is permitted to place on record its application for the grant of CTE to ascertain if it was disclosed in the application that the DSTP was proposed in the park or the ridge area," said the bench. Earlier this year, the tribunal had also observed that the DSTP was functioning without a valid consent to operate.
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In its Aug 4 report, the DPCC informed the tribunal that it had conducted a fresh inspection of Macchli Ka Talab, and found the water quality below permissible standards. As a result, a showcause notice was issued to DJB.
The report highlighted that total suspended solids (TSS) in the pond measured 27 mg/l against the permissible limit of 10 mg/l or less. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) was at 18 mg/l (standard: less than 10 mg/l), chemical oxygen demand (COD) at 52 mg/l (standard: less than 50 mg/l), and ammonical nitrogen at 5.45 mg/l (standard: less than 5 mg/l).
"Therefore, in view of the above and various orders passed by Hon'ble National Green Tribunal regarding the imposition or levying of environmental compensation on violators, keeping in view the 'Polluter Pays' principle, the Member (Drainage), Delhi Jal Board, is hereby called upon to show cause why environmental compensation of Rs 10 lakh should not be imposed," said the DPCC report.
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